The media is beside itself. Even Fox News is ripping Trump. That’s because their backers – mainstream US big business – has partially lost control over their president. This is unprecedented in US, […]
The Trump-Putin Connection
Question to our readers
Question for those who read oaklandsocialist articles: We had an offer to write for “blasting news US” web site. They claim millions of hits per month. It would mean that we could […]
Bannon/Trump: How Far Can They Go?
It is ironically appropriate that the man pulling the strings of President Trump, Stephen Bannon, come from Hollywood – that land of flashy special effects, shallow propaganda and cheap thrills. It is […]
Donald Trump and the World Capitalist Crisis
Throughout the world, the Trump forces are gathering steam. In Britain, in a fit of national chauvinism and anti-immigrant sentiment, the majority if Brits voted to leave the European Union (“Brexit”) in […]
Building trades leaders meet with Trump
Just days after the big women’s march, the leaders of the building trades unions in the US held a nice sit-down with Donald Trump, helping to give him cover for his anti-worker […]
Women’s March and the Coming Battles
Exactly what the mainstream of US capitalism feared now seems to be under way: Trump has poked a hornets’ nest. Consider: “The Metro public transit system reported that about 275,000 trips had […]
Chelsea Manning and the Coming Movement
The commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence has to be welcomed. But it also has to be understood in its context. The context is the coming movement against Trump and the role of […]
Tulsi Gabbard: A New Democratic Party Star?
The latest rising star on the liberals’ horizon is Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii. A military vet and a prominent participant in the Bernie Sanders campaign, she has all the […]
Syria: Can Any Capitalist Force Provide a Solution?
Can any capitalist regime help the masses of Syrian people? That is the question of the hour. Some, incredibly including some socialists, believe so. They base this belief on the view that […]
Debating an apologist for Putin/Assad
Yesterday (Dec. 17), we had a chance to debate with an apologist for Putin/Assad (and Iran’s Rouhani and their client, Hezbollah) on WRFU’s World Labor Hour. (Hear it here, starting at about 60 […]